SFM Cloth Dolls with Attitude! NZ

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

This is my very poor attempt to capture this amazing woman, called the mother of the nation, in doll form!

Dame Whina Cooper ONZ DBE was a respected kuia, who worked for many years for the rights of her people, and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women.

I made this face in deer suede, as the colour was good, but found it hard to define the features well in this fabric, although It needle-sculpted not too badly. I might try it in something different. There are a lot of things I would do differently, but

not too bad for a first attempt at something completely different!

Dame Whina Cooper ONZ DBE was a respected kuia, who worked for many years for the rights of her people, and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women in Aoteroa, New Zealand.